Understanding the dynamics of free surface flows is the starting
point of many environmental studies, impact studies, and waterworks
design. Typical applications, once the flows are known, are water
quality, dam impact and safety, pollutant control, and sediment
transport. These studies used to be done in the past with scale
models, but these are now being replaced by numerical simulation
performed by software suites called “hydro-informatic
systems”. The Telemac system is the leading software package
worldwide, and has been developed by Electricité de France and
Jean-Michel Hervouet, who is the head and main developer of the
Telemac project.

Written by a leading authority on Computational Fluid Dynamics,
the book aims to provide environmentalists, hydrologists, and
engineers using hydro-informatic systems such as Telemac and the
finite element method, with the knowledge of the basic principles,
capabilities, different hypotheses, and limitations. In
particular this book:

presents the theory for understanding hydrodynamics through an
extensive array of case studies such as tides, tsunamis, storm
surges, floods, bores, dam break flood waves, density driven
currents, hydraulic jumps, making this a principal reference on the
topic

gives a detailed examination and analysis of the notorious
Malpasset dam failure

includes a coherent description of finite elements in shallow
water

delivers a significant treatment of the state-of-the-art flow
modelling techniques using Telemac, developed by Electricité
de France

provides the fundamental physics and theory of free surface
flows to be utilised by courses on environmental flows

Hydrodynamics of Free Surface Flows is essential reading
for those involved in computational fluid dynamics and
environmental impact assessments, as well as hydrologists, and
bridge, coastal and dam engineers. Guiding readers from fundamental
theory to the more advanced topics in the application of the finite
element method and the Telemac System, this book is a key reference
for a broad audience of students, lecturers, researchers and
consultants, right through to the community of users of
hydro-informatics systems.

Jean- Michel has spent his entire career with the Research
& Development division of Electricité de France, in the
field of Computational Fluid Dynamics. Since 1987 he has been the
head of the Telemac development project, which is a 1 Million euro
a year EDF-funded project dedicated to the numerical simulation of
free surface flows, and more recently groundwater
flows. The Telemac system is now one of the main
hydro-informatic systems commercially available in the worlds).

He is a member of the International Association of Hydraulic
Research and the Société Hydrotechnique de France,
participating in the scientific committees of international
conferences (Coastal Engineering, International Conference on
Hydro-science and Engineering, Modelling of Flood Propagation over
initially dry areas, RiverFlow, etc.). As well as a referee
in a number of scientific journals: Journal of Hydraulic Research,
Hydrological Processes, Journal of Computational Physics he has
also been co-editor with Professor Paul Bates of a special issue of
Hydrological Processes on the Telemac system, and editor of a
special issue of the “Revue Européenne des Eléments
Finis” on the topic of Numerical Hydraulics.

?The book gains an insight into the mathematical fundament of free
surface flows and into the implementation of these models in the
programme system Telemac. It is useful for students and researchers
of this field and of computational fluid dynamics.? (ZAMM,
October 2009)

"This would provide a useful guide from fundamental theory to
more advanced topics that deal with the applications of the finite
element method and the Telemac system." (Zentralblatt Math
1131, June 2008)

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